Bausch Health, which industry watchers may remember by its former name Valeant, has been riddled in controversy for years over its defense of diabetes med Glumetza. Now, the company will pay millions to put those charges to rest. Bausch has agreed to dish out $ 300 million to settle a 2019 lawsuit that claimed the Canadian drugmaker… Read More »
The maker of the drug Humira will pay $ 24 million to settle a California lawsuit that alleged it violated the state;s insurance fraud law By The Associated Press August 7, 2020, 1:55 AM 1 min read OAKLAND, Calif. — The maker of the drug Humira will pay $ 24 million to settle a California… Read More »
The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health care providers with checkered histories, including a Florida-based cancer center that agreed to pay a $ 100 million criminal penalty as part of a federal antitrust investigation. At least half of the top 10 recipients, part of a group that… Read More »
Health insurer Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield will pay $ 10 million to settle a suit brought against the company by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The health plan, in the Pacific Northwest, in 2015 discovered a huge data breach affecting 10.4 million members. Some 29 other state attorneys general have joined the suit. Premera… Read More »
UnitedHealthcare and Envision Healthcare have agreed to a contract extension, ending a longstanding dispute over ER payment rates. The agreement, announced yesterday, ensures that all UnitedHealthcare plan participants will have in-network access to Envision’s 25,000 clinicians, including emergency room physicians. The terms of the agreement were not announced. WHY THIS MATTERS Envision physicians would have… Read More »
The Department of Justice announced a settlement with Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System, that prohibits Atrium from using “anticompetitive steering restrictions” in contracts between commercial health insurers and its providers in the Charlotte, North Carolina metropolitan area. The settlement, revealed Thursday, also bans Atrium from seeking contract terms or acting in such… Read More »